Senior Assistant, General Account Department

Senior Assistant, General Account DepartmentEntity: Aga Khan UniversityLocation: KarachiIntroduction to the Aga Khan University: 

Chartered in 1983, Aga Khan University (AKU) is a private, autonomous and self-governing international university with 13 teaching sites in 6 countries distributed across three continents. As an integral part of the Aga Khan Development Network, AKU provides higher education in several disciplines, carries out research pertinent to the countries in which it exists and has campuses, programmes and/or teaching hospitals in Afghanistan, Kenya, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda and the UK. As an international institution, AKU operates on the core principles of quality, relevance, impact and access; and AKU is a model of academic excellence and an agent of social change.

As an equal opportunity employer, AKU believes in promoting a diverse and inclusive culture and is committed to adopt appropriate standards for safeguarding and promoting a respectful relationship with and between diverse workforce of its faculty, staff, trainees, volunteers, beneficiaries, wider communities, and other stakeholders with whom it works, including children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees/trainees and partners to share this commitment.

Job Role / Responsibilities:You will be responsible for ensuring timely payments to the staff / vendors while ensuring compliance with institution’s policies and applicable laws and participate in monthly and yearly closing activities.  Specifically, you will be responsible to;

• process payment requests accurately in compliance with accounting principles, institution policies and applicable laws
• maintain payment processing KPI 
• coordinating with relevant departments as needed to ensure timely payment and resolution of queriespreparation of monthly assigned schedules and resolve the outstanding items thereon, as assigned
• any other task assigned by the supervisor.

Eligibility Criteria / Requirements:

• B. Com / BBA or equivalent
• candidates currently pursuing post graduate qualification will be preferred
• minimum 6 months of experience in payments processing or in a similar role in finance department
• understanding of accounting principles, income tax and sales tax laws as applicable for payment processing
• good analytical skills and attention to detail
• good communication skills
• proficiency in use of MS Office.

Comprehensive employment reference checks will be conducted.